Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough Address: 403 Wendy Way, Mill Valley Asking price: $1.795 million Description: Set on more than one-third of an acre, this four-bedroom, 2½-bath home features designer finishes and a welcoming flow. An open-beamed, vaulted ceiling shelters a living room that includes a ribbon flame fireplace and access to a view deck. Caesarstone counters, pendant lights, flat-front cabinetry and high-end appliances outfit the chef’s kitchen.

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough Address: 660 Amaranth Blvd., Mill Valley. Asking price: $1.8 million. Description: Designed by architect James Borthwick as an ode to Mount Tamalpais and the surrounding hillsides, this four-bedroom home was constructed with lots of decks and large windows that frame mountains and the bay. Nestled against 8 acres of protected land, the home is near hiking trails, downtown and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Set at the northeastern edge of Tiburon’s peninsula overlooking San Francisco Bay, a striking display of Japanese architecture overlooks boat slips and the sea.Alfred Klyce, a fourth generation Mill Valley architect who trained in Japan, designed 225 Martinique Ave., a four-bedroom revolving around an open-air courtyard.A raised entryway past the pocket doors serves as the official entrance to the house, with a tiled section beside the sliding panels is for depositing shoes before coming inside.Japanese temple builder Hiroshi Sakaguchi of Ki Arts in Occidental designed the gate, employing traditional no-nail construction with exacting precision.Sakaguchi’s craftsmanship extends into the front yard, where sliding pocket doors fashion a traditional front door.Other elements of Asian architecture — specifically, the Chinese philosophy of feng shui — embed themselves into the home.The tall, narrow hallway makes two turns before arriving in the public area.Here, the kitchen, family, dining and media rooms all access the courtyard through sliding glass panels.A northern orientation frames views down the boating slips, beyond the home’s waterfront expansive deck.Four-bedroom, three-bathroom bayfront home in Tiburon’s Paradise Cay neighborhood.Japanese architectural details permeate the construction perched atop bedrock and staring down the length of the channel.

Seamus Mullen, the chef behind Spanish-inflected Manhattan hot spots Tertulia and El Colmado, boasts that there are many benefits to living at 60 Water, the plush Dumbo address where he moved in April. His two-bedroom apartment features views of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as an open kitchen with a five-burner stove....